SNL – Bathroom Monkey

Posted by Michelle on Feb 4, 2003 in Humor

I’ve watched Saturday Night live since before I could understand all the jokes. With the emergence of peer to peer file swapping services, I’ve been looking for a lot of my favorite SNL skits.

By far, my favorite commercial is called Bathroom Monkey and it aired twice in 1994-95 season (see show lists below). I’ve spent forever looking for the video and torturing my husband with the details of the skit.

I am a was huge fan of Janeane Garafalo, her wry sense of humor and general contempt amused me to no end. Her one year of SNL wasn’t exactly a spectacular fit but it did result in Bathroom Monkey. As she has gone off the deep end politically, I understand more about why she was such a bad fit at SNL and is so bitter now. Oh well.

The original airing on the John Travolta/Seal episode has a hysterical ending as they do the final scene from Grease – “We Go Together” song and car, with Seal in a blonde wig as Olivia Newton John.

SCRIPT

[ Starts with woman giving product testimony from her couch ]
Woman: I had the bathroom from hell. [ laughs ] It was like every time I cleaned it, ten minutes later it was dirty again! Then I heard about Bathroom Monkey. They said the Bathroom Monkey system would keep my entire bathroom clean for up to eight whole months. They were right.

[ real-life monkey air freshener demonstrates ]
The little monkey air freshener releases a clean and fresh scent, and it emits a piercing, ultra-high frequency shriek, scientifically designed to keep my Bathroom Monkey hard at work, 24 hours a day. Now my bathroom’s monkey clean and monkey fresh. And my bathroom monkey? He’s more than a bathroom cleanser. He’s a part of the family. [ Bathroom Monkey changes shower temperature level as Woman takes a shower ]

I don’t know where monkeys come from.. I don’t know how they reproduce.. I don’t know how they eat. But I do know one thing: they were born to clean bathrooms. And when it’s cleaning power is all used up.. [ she discards used Bathroom Monkey ] ..simply pick up another in any of three decorative colors: Red.. [ monkey in red diaper ] ..Blue.. [ monkey in blue diaper ] ..or Orangutan. [ SUPER: “Orangutan will not wear diaper” ] This little guy just started today, and, you know, I think my new Bathroom Monkey and I are gonna make a great team.

SHOWS AIRED ON
SNL 1994-95 Season

  • 10/15/94 John Travolta, Seal
    cold “Stayin’ Alive” follows host as he wanders lost through the studio
    mono host claims he wants to forget his old roles but relives them anyway
    COMM (JAG) talks glowingly about her Bathroom Monkey lavatory cleaner
    show Coffee Talk- Linda welcomes a Barbra Streisand impersonator (host)
    skit Count Dracula (host) tries to convince (KEN) & (JAG) that he’s not gay
    song musical guest performs “Prayer For The Dying”
    news to CHF, the baseball strike is tragic because he can’t run on the field
    news Two Guys From A Religious Cult (DAS) & (ADS) give the weather report
    show Squiggy (David L. Lander) & Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) vs. brutal Sweathogs
    skit women’s self-defense class participants kick unprepared (CSE)’s genitals
    show Larry King (KEN) Live- Marlon Brando (host) exploits indulgent interview
    song musical guest performs “Crazy”
    skit a small office causes co-workers (CHF) & (TIM) to yell at everybody
    skit a drug dealer’s (host) hearing difficulties lead to miscommunications
    misc cast sings “We Go Together” as host drives off in Greased Lightnin’ (Seal in a wig as ONJ)

  • 4/8/95 Damon Wayons, Dionne Farris

    cold Judge Ito (MAM) reciprocates Alfonse D’Amato’s racial stereotype
    mono DAW does stand-up about African Americans’ undesirable job assignments
    COMM Bathroom Monkey {rerun}
    skit African American day campers’ names come from dictionary & supermarket
    show Men On Film- Blaine Edwards (DAW), Roger Ebert (CHF), (David Alan Grier)
    news Jeff Foxworthy (DAS) tells you how to know if you’re the Ebola virus
    news ADS tries to get recently-released Mike Tyson to beat up people for him
    skit (KEN) & (MOS) get drenched by excess saliva of jazz trumpeter (DAW)
    skit homeless Anton Jackson (DAW) testifies at the O.J. trial
    show Perspectives- the logistics of a black militant’s (DAW) upcoming march
    skit animal-free entertainment from Cirque du Soleil’s (MAM), (CSE), (MOB)
    MISC Deep Thoughts- JKH how to keep mosquitoes away
    comm Christopher Walken (JAM) endorses Skittles
    comm Tony Bennett (JAM) offers Tom Jones’ (ADS) used underwear for sale

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